USS Jarvis (DD-38)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Jarvis.
The first USS Jarvis (DD-38) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for James C. Jarvis.
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USS Jarvis (DD-38), running trials on 17 September 1912. Her armament has not yet been installed. | |
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United States | |
Name | Jarvis |
Namesake | Midshipman James C. Jarvis |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $641,380.73[1] |
Laid down | 1 July 1911 |
Launched | 4 April 1912 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Jean King |
Commissioned | 22 October 1912 |
Decommissioned | 26 November 1919 |
Stricken | 8 March 1935 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 April 1935 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Paulding-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[3] |
Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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Speed | |
Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted[4] |
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Jarvis was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey on 1 July 1911; launched on 4 April 1912; sponsored by Mrs. Jean King; and commissioned on 22 October 1912.